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Soul R&B singles on the A label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the A record label. Click on "A" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on to play song. . Click on year to list all songs from that year.

More Soul R&B Songs From A . . .

The following songs were released in A but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of A or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
801 recordlabel: Tamla 54115
chartposition: RandB #36, US #78
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Brenda Holloway Operator 1965 Tamla
802 recordlabel: Columbia 42157
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Al Kasha, Alan Thomas & Curtis Williams
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Aretha Franklin Operation Heartbreak 1961 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Stax 601040 (UK)
writtenby: Redding
album: Dock of the Bay
comments: [deep soul]
Otis Redding Open the Door 1968 Stax(UK)
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3750
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Norman Durham and Woody Cunningham
album: Winners
comments: [disco funk]
Kleeer Open Your Mind 1980 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Capitol 8516
writtenby: C. Johns, L. Farrow
album: Life, Love And Harmony
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: eOI3TVrqB3c
Nancy Wilson Open Your Heart And Take Me In 1979 Capitol
1 recordlabel: RCA 62160
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel (as Daniele Davoli) and Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
Black Box Open Your Eyes 1991 RCA
2 recordlabel: Bang 725
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Harrison Calloway
album: Born to Get Down
Muscle Shoals Horns Open Up Your Heart 1976 Bang
3 recordlabel: Cadet 5667
chartposition: RandB #5, US #51
writtenby: Bobby Miller and Allen Freed
album: Like It Is, Like It Was
comments: [ballad]
The Dells Open Up My Heart 1970 Cadet
-- recordlabel: Dakar 9005
writtenby: Darrell Eubanks, Donnie Elbert
album: Can I Change My Mind
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: SqhtecYaj7I
Tyrone Davis Open The Door To Your Heart 1969 Dakar
1 recordlabel: RCA 8793
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Keith Harrison, Kenny Nolan and Bobby Harris
album: Rock the Room
comments: [slow jam]
Dazz Band Open Sesame 1988 RCA
2 recordlabel: Elektra 67118
chartposition: RandB #10, US #57, US dance #29
writtenby: Yolanda Adams, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Mountain High...Valley Low
comments: [gospel ballad]
Yolanda Adams Open My Heart 2000 Elektra
3 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #25, US AC #15
writtenby: Martin Brammer, Colette Van Sertima and Ben Barson
album: All the Best
Tina Turner Open Arms 2004 Capitol
4 recordlabel: Columbia 6629775(UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain
album: Daydream
comments: [ballad]
Mariah Carey Open Arms 1996 Columbia (UK)
5 recordlabel: Tamla 54267
chartposition: RandB #10, US #81
writtenby: Pamela Young, Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin)
album: Smokey's Family Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Open 1976 Tamla
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 1912
writtenby: Wright, Perry, Smith
album: Oops! Here I Go Again
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: drBRlytgSJA
Edna Wright Oops! Here I Go Again 1977 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Glades 1710
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Courtships Oops It Just Slipped Out 1973 Glades
1 recordlabel: Elektra 67280
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #5
writtenby: Tweet and Missy Elliott
album: Southern Hummingbird
Tweet featuring Missy Elliott Oops (Oh My) 2002 Elektra
2 recordlabel: Arista 2060
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #5, US #35
writtenby: Michael Munzing, Luca Anzilotti, Turbo B and Penny Ford
album: World Power
Snap! Ooops Up 1990 Arista
3 recordlabel: Alston 3715
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke
Betty Wright Ooola La 1975 Alston
4 recordlabel: Peak Records 8505
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Barry Eastmond and Regina Belle
album: This Is Regina!
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
Regina Belle Oooh Boy 2001 Peak Records
5 recordlabel: Tamla 54113
chartposition: RandB #4, US #16
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore
album: Going to a Go-Go / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Ooo Baby Baby 1965 Tamla
6 recordlabel: Salsoul 391
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Anthology
comments: [instrumental]
The Salsoul Orchestra Ooh, I Love It (Love Break) 1983 Salsoul
-- recordlabel: Malaco 1213 (UK)
writtenby: Terry Burrus
comments: [disco, boogie]
Toni Smith Ooh, I Like The Way It Feels 1983 Malaco(UK)
-- recordlabel: Dial 4074
writtenby: Moore, Robinson
Magnificent 7 Ooh, Baby Baby 1968 Dial
1 recordlabel: Island 6503
chartposition: UK #10, US Dance #48
writtenby: Daniel Vangarde and Alex Francfort
album: Cuba
comments: [disco dance]
Gibson Brothers Ooh! What a Life 1979 Island
2 recordlabel: Specialty 633
chartposition: RandB #15, US #31, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Little Richard (as Richard W. Penniman)
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Ooh! My Soul 1958 Specialty
3 recordlabel: MCA 53216
chartposition: UK #77
album: Zagora
Loose Ends Ooh You Make Me Feel 1987 MCA
4 recordlabel: RCA
chartposition: RandB #88
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: I Love You...Me
comments: [album cut]
Cherokee Ooh Wee Wee 1999 RCA
5 recordlabel: Cash Money
chartposition: RandB #32, US #125
album: Sapphire
comments: [Cash Money album cut]
Teena Marie Ooh Wee 2006 Cash Money
6 recordlabel: Elektra
chartposition: RandB #80, UK #15
writtenby: Mark Ronson, Nate Dogg, Ghostface Killah, Theo Bailey and Brian Carenard
album: Here Comes the Fuzz
Mark Ronson featuring Ghostface & Nate Dogg Ooh Wee 2003 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Panorama 12196
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #39
writtenby: Frank Hooker
album: Frank Hooker and Positive People
comments: [funk]
Frank Hooker & Positive People Ooh Suga Wooga 1981 Panorama
8 recordlabel: United Artists 50782
chartposition: RandB #31, US #61
writtenby: Jessie Hill
album: Workin' Together
Ike & Tina Turner Ooh Poo Pah Doo 1971 United Artists
-- recordlabel: Alston 3727
writtenby: Milton Wright
Milton Wright Ooh Ooh Ooh I Like It 1976 Alston
1 recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #115
album: In and Out of Love
comments: [slow jam]
Cheri Dennis Ooh Ooh 2008 Bad Boy
2 recordlabel: LaFace
chartposition: RandB #63
album: Journey Of A Gemini
comments: [slow jam]
Donell Jones Ooh Na Na 2007 LaFace
-- recordlabel: Fall Out 1569 012
Al B. Sure! Ooh Love 2004 Fall Out
1 recordlabel: Arista 9305
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Kashif
album: Send Me Your Love
Kashif Ooh Love 1985 Arista
2 recordlabel: Wrap 291
chartposition: RandB #79
DJ Smurf & P.M.H.I. Ooh Lawd (Party People) 1995 Wrap
-- recordlabel: Capitol 4598
writtenby: Bernard Reed, Gene Barge, Morris Jennings, Phil Upchurch
album: Passionate Breezes
Charles Jackson Ooh Child 1978 Capitol
1 recordlabel: MCA 41306
chartposition: RandB #34, US #109
writtenby: Stan Vincent
album: Let's Do It Today
Lenny Williams Ooh Child 1980 MCA
2 recordlabel: U Watch 480104 2
chartposition: US AC #19
writtenby: Stan Vincent
album: Our Kind of Soul
comments: [album cut]
Hall & Oates Ooh Child 2005 U Watch
3 recordlabel: EastWest 2013
chartposition: US #27
writtenby: Stan Vincent
album: The Way I Am
Dino Ooh Child 1993 EastWest
4 recordlabel: Soul Train 10792
chartposition: RandB #62, US #107
writtenby: Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellmon (as John Bellmon), Buddy Turner (as Reginald Turner) and Victor Drayton
album: The Soul Train Gang
Soul Train Gang Ooh Cha 1976 Soul Train
-- recordlabel: Stax 601012 (UK)
writtenby: Redding, Isbell
album: King and Queen
comments: [northern soul]
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis 1967 Stax(UK)
1 recordlabel: Beat Exchange
chartposition: RandB #101, US #109
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Jamie Brewer and Kisha Griffin
album: Soul Flower
En Vogue Ooh Boy 2004 Beat Exchange
2 recordlabel: Soul Train 11045
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore (as Warren
Shalamar Ooh Baby, Baby 1977 Soul Train
-- recordlabel: Capitol 2547
writtenby: Bobby Robinson, Willie Hightower
Willie Hightower Ooh Baby How I Love You 1968 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Asylum 45546
chartposition: RandB #77, US #7, US AC #2, US country #85
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: Living in the USA
Linda Ronstadt Ooh Baby Baby 1978 Asylum
2 recordlabel: Carla 2537
chartposition: RandB #28, US #65
writtenby: Richard Barbary and Harold Thomas
Deon Jackson Ooh Baby 1967 Carla
3 recordlabel: J Digital
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Rico Love, Alan Biamby and Joel Augustin
album: D.N.A.
comments: [album cut]
Mario Ooh Baby 2010 J Digital
4 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 588
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Joey Robinson, Jr. and Cheryl Cook
album: Break Dance - Electric Boogie
comments: [funk]
West Street Mob Ooh Baby 1982 Sugar Hill
5 recordlabel: Fully Loaded 4041
chartposition: RandB #81
album: Natural High
Wataz Ooh Ahh Ooh 1997 Fully Loaded
6 recordlabel: 312 Entertainment
chartposition: RandB #65
weeksinr&bchart: 20
album: First Come First Serve
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
3PC. Ooh Ahh 2002 Entertainment
7 recordlabel: EMI America 8198
chartposition: RandB #89, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Jon St. James and Stacey Q (as Stacey Swain)
album: Trans Atlantic
Jon St. James Oogity Boogity 1984 EMI America
8 recordlabel: Vee Jay 684
chartposition: RandB #3, US #23
writtenby: Richard Parker
album: Baby Boy
comments: [northern soul]
Fred Hughes Oo Wee Baby, I Love You 1965 Vee Jay
9 recordlabel: Atlantic 2637
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Richard Parker
Roscoe Robinson Oo Wee Baby I Love You 1969 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: AVCO Embassy 4554
writtenby: Ingersoll
The Younghearts Oo La We 1970 AVCO Embassy
1 recordlabel: RCA Victor 478768
chartposition: US #122
writtenby: Otis, Augustas
Brook Benton Only a Girl Like You 1966 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: United Artists 1181
writtenby: J. Ragovoy, M. Shuman
Garnet Mimms Only Your Love 1967 United Artists
-- recordlabel: RCA 10713
writtenby: Jon Ledingham
album: Tymes Up
The Tymes Only Your Love 1976 RCA
1 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9061
chartposition: RandB #3, US #13
writtenby: Diddy, Stevie J, Slim, Q [Quinnes Parker], Michael Keith, DJ Rogers and H. Casey
album: 112
112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. Only You 1996 Bad Boy
2 recordlabel: Red Ant 15325
chartposition: RandB #31, US #93
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Gregory Charley (as Greg Charley)
album: Only You
comments: [slow jam]
Tami Davis Only You 1998 Red Ant
3 recordlabel: Maxi 2050
chartposition: US Dance #29
writtenby: Shay Jones
Shay Jones Only You 1997 Maxi
4 recordlabel: Salsoul 111
chartposition: RandB #11, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bunny Sigler
Loleatta Holloway & Bunny Sigler Only You 1978 Salsoul
-- recordlabel: Cadet 5526
writtenby: Maurice McAlister, Terry Vail
comments: [deep soul]
Etta James Only Time Will Tell 1966 Cadet
1 recordlabel: EastWest 96102
chartposition: UK #63, US Dance #17
writtenby: Byron Stingily, Herb Lawson, Byron Burke and Shwayze
album: No House Big Enough
comments: [dance, garage house] charted as Only Time Will Tell/My Piece of Heaven in UK charts
Ten City Only Time Will Tell 1992 EastWest
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 3632
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: La Diva
Aretha Franklin Only Star 1979 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Warner 8055
chartposition: RandB #85, US #102
writtenby: Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka
album: Urban Renewal
Tower of Power Only So Much Oil in the Ground 1975 Warner
-- recordlabel: Tamla Motown 5001
writtenby: Campbell
album: We Remember Sam Cooke
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes (with Diana Ross) Only Sixteen 1965 Tamla Motown
-- recordlabel: Tamla 327
writtenby: Donald Daniels, Terri McFaddin
album: Eddie Kendricks
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: swjYZ2gG6Vk
Eddie Kendricks Only Room For Two 1973 Tamla
1 recordlabel: AandM 7484
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Leroy Bell (as Leroy M. Bell) and Casey James
Bell & James Only Make Believe 1979 A&M
2 recordlabel: Blue Mountain 1023 (UK)
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Elliot Francis
album: Leave The Reggae To Us
comments: [reggae]
Greyhound Only Love Can Win 1973 Blue Mountain(UK)
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 2308
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #94
writtenby: Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams and Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke Only Love (Can Save Me Now) 1965 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 87017
chartposition: RandB #52, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Andrea Martin, Anthony 'Reezmo' Burroughs and Ivan Matias
album: So Many Ways
The Braxtons Only Love 1996 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: Raw Naked 6228
chartposition: RandB #89
album: Stranded
comments: [hip hop]
Timbuk II Only Live Once 2006 Raw Naked
6 recordlabel: Arista 2127
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: Barry Eastmond and Jeffrey Osborne
album: Only Human
comments: [slow jam]
Jeffrey Osborne Only Human 1990 Arista
-- recordlabel: Goldwax 108
writtenby: Keep and Eldred
James Carr Only Fools Run Away 1964 Goldwax
-- recordlabel: MCA 51016
writtenby: Alonoz Surrett, Ezra Buckner, Reggie Gillerson, Randy Hall
album: Comin' Out
Alfonzo Surrett Only A Winner 1980 MCA
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3650
chartposition: RandB #94
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Kwame, The Brothers Grimmmm
album: A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure
comments: [hip hop]
Kwamé Oneovdabigboiz 1991 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Dakar 624
chartposition: RandB #18, US #75
writtenby: Johnny Moore and Jack Daniels
album: Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis One-Way Ticket 1971 Dakar
3 recordlabel: Warner 49663
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: One Way Love Affair
comments: [beat ballad]
Marc Sadane One-Way Love Affair 1981 Warner
-- recordlabel: Buddah
writtenby: Akines, Bellmon, Turner, Drayton
album: Love's The Thing / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: b21wHkNcNxw
Barbara Mason One-Two-Three (You Her Or Me) 1975 Buddah
1 recordlabel: Rawkus 53474
chartposition: RandB #41, US #110
album: Soundbombing 2
Common One-Nine-Nine-Nine 1999 Rawkus
2 recordlabel: Cadet 5556
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33, US #67
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Len Barry, John Medora and David White
album: Goin' Latin
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis One, Two, Three 1967 Cadet
3 recordlabel: Columbia 05415
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Bunny Rugs (as William Clarke)
Third World One to One 1985 Columbia
4 recordlabel: RCA 13421
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #63, US #7, US AC #4
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: H2O
Hall & Oates One on One 1983 RCA
5 recordlabel: Elektra 1805
chartposition: RandB #44
album: Rebirth
comments: [slow jam]
Keith Sweat featuring Lola Troy & Lade Bac One on One 2002 Elektra
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 3480
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell
album: Make It Good
Prince Phillip Mitchell One on One 1978 Atlantic
7 recordlabel: Capitol 5518
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #55, US #15, US dance #6
writtenby: Holly Knight
album: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tina Turner One of the Living 1985 Capitol
8 recordlabel: Atlantic 2962
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11, US AC #19
writtenby: Joe Jefferson
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
The Spinners One of a Kind (Love Affair) 1973 Atlantic
9 recordlabel: Warner 22748
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [beat ballad]
The Isley Brothers One of a Kind 1990 Warner
10 recordlabel: Arista 07822151971
chartposition: RandB #29, US #72
writtenby: Kevin
album: Just Whitney
Whitney Houston One of Those Days 2002 Arista
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54079
writtenby: Wm. Stevenson
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye One of These Days 1963 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Hamtown 50115
writtenby: Al Bount
Jack & The Mods One is Enough for One 1972 Hamtown
1 recordlabel: Warner 49221
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, US AC #37
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: One in a Million You
comments: [ballad]
Larry Graham One in a Million You 1980 Warner
2 recordlabel: Elektra 12490
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Joe Ericksen and Thom Bell
Dee Dee Bridgewater One in a Million (Guy) 1980 Elektra
3 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #20, US #87
writtenby: Ne Yo (as Shaffer Smith) and Chuck Harmony
album: Libra Scale
Ne-Yo One in a Million 2010 Def Jam
4 recordlabel: Blackground 6936
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25, US dance #2
writtenby: Missy Elliott and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: One in a Million
comments: [slow jam]
Aaliyah One in a Million 1996 Blackground
5 recordlabel: Soul Train 10700
chartposition: RandB #10, US #88, US Dance #8
writtenby: Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellmon, Victor Drayton and Buddy Turner (as Reginald Turner)
album: One for the Money
comments: [philly sound]
The Whispers One for the Money 1976 Soul Train
-- recordlabel: ABC 10960
writtenby: E. Pistilli, T. Cashman
comments: [northern soul]
The Shakers One Wonderful Moment 1967 ABC

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